Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-09
HE QUIT THE BUSINESS.
Why DGkota Newspaper Man Forsook
the Journalistic Profession.

why Dfk kota Newspaper Man Forsook
the Journalistic Profession.
"Gimme case to fill fer my dinner"
said a dilapidated looking man, as ne
came into the Bell Office one day this
week.
"Hard luck this summer?'
"You bet. Just walked into town.
Say, reckon can get chance to sub
on something for few days?"
ooh, yes, good chance"
81 amt had no luck since had a
paper Of my own when l first struck
the Territory"
"What made you quit the business?"
"Monkey-work. You see there was
prominent citizen of the place and a
heavy advertiser named Bcasley, He
went East to get complete stock OF
bar fixtures for his place of business.
One day while he was gone another
prominent citizen, who took six copies
of the paper and sent them to friends,
whose name was Mccain, was seen out
riding with Bcasley's wife. thought
it would be thunderin smart to write
| it up an boom the street sales of the
paper, though therc'd never been n
copy sold on the streets since it was
started. SO wrote Il column an a
couple o sticksful awful sensa-
tional an smart, an then went an
set it. Just fore | slid it into the
forms | kinder got lookin, at it an
wonderin'. ! thought I'd get some
body else's opinion. So | showed the
proof to Jim Tanglcwood. jim read it
and laughed an snorted till | thought
he would bust, and then says he,
'chuck it in. Then let Hen Clark
look at it an he couldn't more'n half
read it it ticklcd him so, Then he
looked up an says here odd hoss, that 5
blame good-sock it in l showed it
to q lot more leadin citizens and they
all lowed it was IA good joke on old
Beasley and Mccain, an that Mrs.
Beasley would be ticklcd most to death
over it. The only thing they varied in
was some said 'chuck it in, and some,
sock it in | b'lieye, though, old man
Perkins Che was the principal of the
schooD did say shove herin.'
80 went back an hung the chase
round it and drove in the quoins witt
the stove poker an jabbcd some Dutch
men into the ads an swore little, an
h'isted up the forms an sporyed of
the bott ON Of cm with my shirt sleeve
an put 'cm on the press. Then
planed cm down with piece of floor
in, cussed the boy cause the rcNcl
wouldn't distribute, an jerked the ole
lever, cusscd some more when saw tht
paper an laid it on the dry goods boz
| used for stone.
Just then Mccain come in an
lowed he'd read that funny busneS,
bout him. While he was gettin
through it Che read mighty slow, but {
blame sight bcttcr'n wished he could,
Jim Tanglewood dropped in an reaC
it like he'd never seed it before an
shook his head an said it might b,
funny but he couldn't see it that way
an he lowed Mccain wouldn' t whcl
he rot through it. Then Hen Clarl
ran through it an looked gloomy, an
wanted to know if it was too late f
take out his adj that week. He said t'
stop his paper anyhow he couldn'
stand no such scandal. He rcckonc,
Mccain would rip when he got through
it. Old man Perkins an Elder Blodget
put their noses up in the air an p'intet
at McCann an made big motions witt
their arms 'sif they were tcllin' me t
, look out when he got through.
"Well, when got bout forty paper
printed reckon, mebby the edition
was half or two-thirds oll-McCanI
cot through an looked sort o mike,
=, up like. Quite joke on you, Colonc
McCann, says |, with a smile that mad
me feel sick at the stomach. Joke
blank! roared Mccain, tryin' to max
: trouble tween me an Beaslcy, hcyi
Then he made break for me an
kicked me one an h'isted me up on tn
forms. Lcmme shut up the machin
an squash the Internal steer in it, h
howled. But he didn't know how t
turn down the friskct, an while he wa
struggling with it | wigglcd over an
fell through the window and run fe
, the fair grounds.
"An' after | was gone McCann jes
ripped things, an Jim, an Hen, an
old man Perkins turned in an hclpe
: him, an the derncd fool boy stoo
round an told 'em how they could d
the most hurt. An Mrs. Bcasle
showed up fore they got through, wit
a kettle O hot water which the boy d
| rrcted her to throw on the rollers sceil
. as was gone, an she couldn't dous
I me with it, an then she ripped the il
side all out o the dictionary an too
the files to put under the carpet, Al
got so tired McCann had to 90 hon
with her an help support her.
"An' they say that when Beasley g'
, home the next day he made EN- thin
, they hadn't done scarcely any thinI
When he found there want nothil
left to rip he just put can o blasti'
powder under the buildin', lit the fu;
with his cigar an run; an when 81
, went off it blowed the whole buildil
: galley west
c II never went back. I've been
! tourist ever since, an I'm goin'
stick to it. Got any tobacco"-D
koia Bell.